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Childhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. But in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. Thus we say, infancy, childhood youth and manhood.

2. CHILDHOOD and youth are vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:10 .

3. The properties of a child.

Childhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

2. Children, taken collectively.

3. The commencement; the first period.